Hi, I have created an svg using Inkscape. Some objects are clipped. Now when I import the saved svg in Lightburn it still shows the clipped part of the object. How can I prevent the importing of the clipped part?
I don’t know about Inkscape, but Lightburn has masking ability.
Tim, thank you for the answer. However your answer applies to images (peg, etc) that are imported into Lightburn only and doesn’t apply to svg files that are imported.
Sorry I missed that part on your original post. You are correct. For an SVG, make sure it’s grouped, draw a rectrangle around the area you want removed, select the SVG then Shift Select the rectangle. Open Boolean Tools (CTRL + B) and select the subtract mode that removes what you want removed.
Thank you for thinking along with me. I immediately tried out your suggestion, however is appears that the boolean function is not accesible. The functions are greyed out and not selectable. Am I overlooking something?
Make sure your image is fully grouped. The Boolean tools only work with 2 objects. A grouped object is one object and the rectangle would be the other object.
If that doesn’t solve it, upload the image and I will see if I can sort it out. Sometimes there are oddities that prevent Boolean.
I don’t understand this, but I have seen the results where only cut shapes works and boolean doesn’t. Isn’t that what an SVG is, Scalable Vector Graphic? Help me understand please.
An SVG file can contain only vector data, only raster data, or a combination of both. Cut Shapes only works on vector data. Apply Mask to Image works only on raster data.
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Thanks for sharing Tim and RU. Cut shape was in fact a good alternative to delete part of the svg object in Lightburn. However, this also can be done in Inkscape. So the real problem (why does the clipped part still be visible in Lightburn) isn’t solved. By he, production calls, so I move forward now.
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